Ashqout (Arabic: عشقوت; also spelled Ashkout, Achqout, `Ashqut) is a town and municipality in the Keserwan District of the Keserwan-Jbeil Governorate of Lebanon.

Ashqout's average elevation is 1,000 meters above sea level and its total land area is 588 hectares.

[1] Its inhabitants are predominantly Maronite Catholic, with Christians from other denominations in the minority.

[1] The El-Hajj Hospital, which has 28 beds, is located in Ashqout.

[1] It is the birthplace of Ahmad Faris Shidyaq (1804–1887); Paul Peter Massad (1806–1890); and Rayyane Tabet (born 1983).